29th. ADELAIDE RISTORI, b. 30 Ja. 1822 I. Adelaide Ristori, 17-Pt. II:109-119 II. Thackeray"s On Being Found Out, 1-Pt. I:104-115
30th. WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR, b. 30 Ja. 1775 I. Rose Aylmer,15:119 II. The Maid"s Lament, 15:119-120 III. Mother I Cannot Mind My Wheel, 12:273 IV. On His Seventy-fifth Birthday, 13:278 V. Ruskin"s The Two Boyhoods, 1-Pt. II:3-23
31st. I. Carlyle"s Essay on Biography, 2-Pt. I:3-3l
F.1st.
I. Morris"s February,14:102-103 II. Belloc"s South Country,12:331 III. Early Morning, 13:294
2nd. W.R.BENET, b. 2 F. 1886 I. Tricksters, 13:288 II. Hodgson"s Eve, 11:324 III. The Gypsy Girl, 14:299
3rd. SIDNEY LANIER, b. 3 F. 1842 I. The Marshes of Glynn, 14:55-61 II. A Ballad of Trees and the Master, 12:316-317 III. The Stirrup Cup, 13:283
4th. THOMAS CARLYLE, d. 4 F. 1881 81 I. Mirabeau, 2-Pt. I:79-86 II. Ghosts, 2-Pt. I:134-137 III. Labor, 2-Pt. I:138-145
Borrow therefore, of those golden morning hours, and bestow them on your book.
--EARL OF BEDFORD
FEBRUARY 5TH TO 11TH
5th. I. De Quincey"s On the Knocking at the Gate In Macbeth, 4-Pt. II:100-107
6th. SIR HENRY IRVING, b. 6 F. 1838 I. Sir Henry Irving, 17-II:39-47
7th. CHARLES d.i.c.kENS, b. 7 F. 1812 I. The Trial for Murder, 21-Pt. I:1-19
8th. JOHN RUSKIN, b. 8 F. 1819 I. The Slave Ship, 1-Pt. II:27-29 II. Art and Morals, 1-Pt. II:103-132 III. Peace, 1-Pt. II:135-137
9th. GEORGE ADE, b. 9 F. 1866 I. The Fable of the Preacher, 9-Pt. II:67-71 II. The Fable of the Caddy, 9-Pt. II:93-94 III. The Fable of the Two Mandolin Players, 9-Pt. II:13l-136
10th. SIR JOHN SUCKLING, baptized 10 F. 1609 I. Encouragements to a Lover, 13:122 II. Constancy, 12:122-123 E. W. TOWNSEND, b. 10 F. 1855 III. Chimmie Meets the d.u.c.h.ess, 9-Pt. I 109-114
11th. I. Brooke"s Dust, 12:341 II. 1914--V--The Soldier, 15: 228 III. Guiterman"s In the Hospital, 15:203
The scholar, only, knows how dear these silent, yet eloquent, companions of pure thoughts and innocent hours become in the season of adversity. When all that is worldly turns to dross around us, these only retain their steady value.
--Washington Irving.
February 12th to 18th
12th. Abraham Lincoln, b. 12 F. 1809 I. Lincoln, 16-Pt. I:93-141
13th. I. Irving"s The Stout Gentleman, 3-Pt. II: 129-145
14th. W. T. Sherman, d. 14 F. 1891 I. General William Tec.u.mseh Sherman, 16-Pt. II:32-61
15th. Charles Bertrand Lewis ("M. Quad") b. 15 F. 1842 I. The Patent Gas Regulator, 9-Pt. II:3-7 II. Two Cases of Grip, 8-Pt. I:50-53
16th. Joseph Hergesheimer, b. 15 F. 1880 I. A Sprig of Lemon Verbena, 22-Pt. II:1-47
17th. Josephine Dodge Daskam, b. 17 F. 1876 I. The Woman Who Was Not Athletic, 9-Pt. II:78-80 II. The Woman Who Used Her Theory, 9-Pt. II: 80-81 III. The Woman Who Helped Her Sister, 9-Pt. II:81-82
18th. I. De Quincey"s The Affliction of Childhood, 4-Pt. II:3-30
What a place to be in is an old library! It seems though all the souls of all the writers were reposing here.
--CHARLES LAMB.
FEBRUARY 19TH TO 25th
19th. I. Conrad"s The Lagoon, 22-Pt. I:17-37
20th. JOSEPH JEFFERSON, b. 20 F. 1829 I. Joseph Jefferson, 17-Pt. II:3-22
21st. JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, b. 21 F. 1801 I. The Pillar of the Cloud, 12:323 II. Sensitiveness, 15:183-184 III. Flowers Without Fruit, 15:184 IV. Lincoln"s Address at Cooper Inst.i.tute, 5-Pt. I:37-69
22nd. GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. 22 F. 1732 I. Washington, 16-Pt. I:3-42
23rd. I. Mrs. Freeman"s The Wind in the Rosebush, 20-Pt. II:12-38
24th. SAMUEL LOVER, b. 24 F. 1797 I. The Gridiron, 19-Pt. II:59-70
25th. I. Lamb"s Superannuated Man, 5-Pt. II: 80-91 II. Old China, 5-Pt. II:91-100
A little peaceful home Sounds all my wants and wishes; add to this My book and friend, and this is happiness.
--FRANCESCO DI RIOJA.
FEBRUARY 26TH TO MARCH 4TH
26th. SAM WALTER FOSS, d. 26 F. 1911 I. The Prayer of Cyrus Brown, 9-Pt. II:8 II. The Meeting of the Clabberhuses, 8-Pt. I: 39-41 III. A Modern Martyrdom, 9-Pt. II: 84-86 IV. The Ideal Husband to His Wife, 9-Pt. I:103-104
27th. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW, b. 27 F. 1807 I. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 17-Pt. I:3-27 II. Wreck of the Hesperus, 10:156-160 III. My Lost Youth, 12:263-266
28th. ELLEN TERRY, b. 27 F. 1848 I. Ellen Terry, 17-Pt. II:48-60
Mr.1st I. Morris"s March, 14:103-104 W. D. HOWELLS, b. 1 Mr. 1837 II. Mrs. Johnson, 8-Pt. II:107-128
2nd. I. Franklin"s Settling Down, 6-Pt. II:76-85 II. Public Affairs, 6-Pt. II:102-107
3rd. EDMUND WALLER, b. 9 Mr. 1606 I. On a Girdle, 12:132 II. Go, Lovely Rose, 12:136-137 III. De la Mare"s The Listeners, 11:327
4th. Inauguration Day I. Lincoln"s First Inaugural Address, 5-Pt. I:74-89